Factitious
121facile — late 15c., from M.Fr. facile easy, from L. facilis easy to do and, of persons, pliant, courteous, from facere to do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Facilitate is from 1610s …
122facsimile — 1660s, from L. fac simile make similar, from fac imperative of facere to make (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)) + simile, neut. of similis like, similar (see SIMILAR (Cf. similar)) …
123fact — (n.) 1530s, action, especially evil deed, from L. factum event, occurrence, lit. thing done, neuter pp. of facere to do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Usual modern sense of thing known to be true appeared 1630s, from notion of something that… …
124faction — (n.) c.1500, from M.Fr. faction (14c.) and directly from L. factionem (nom. factio) political party, class of persons, lit. a making or doing, from pp. stem of facere to do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). In ancient Rome, one of the companies… …
125factor — {{11}}factor (n.) early 15c., agent, deputy, from M.Fr. facteur agent, representative, from L. factor doer or maker, agent noun from pp. stem of facere to do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Sense of circumstance producing a result is from 1816 …
126factotum — 1560s, from M.L. factotum do everything, from fac, imperative of facere do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)) + totum all (see TOTAL (Cf. total)) …
127faineant — 1610s (n.), from Fr. fainéant (16c.) do nothing, from fait, third person singular present tense of faire (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)) + néant nothing (Cf. DOLCE FAR NIENTE (Cf. dolce far niente)). A French folk etymology of O.Fr. faignant… …
128fashion — {{11}}fashion (n.) c.1300, shape, manner, mode, from O.Fr. façon (12c.) face, appearance; construction, pattern, design; thing done; beauty; manner, characteristic feature, from L. factionem (nom. factio) group of people acting together, lit. a… …
